TOWN OF SKANAWAN – A Wausau man caught Sunday using an ATV to tow two other men in a refrigerator down a Lincoln County road after drinking faces a likely citation, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.

A 42-year-old Wausau man whose name was not released by the department was driving the ATV while a 46-year-old Irma man and 43-year-old Wausau man rode in the core of refrigerator, said Lincoln County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Fischer. There were sparks flying from the appliance when a deputy came across the three men at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday on Highway H in the Lincoln County town of Skanawan, according to the Sheriff's Department.

By the time a deputy came upon them, the men, who had been drinking but were not drunk, had made a few laps around the county road.

The men likely will receive citations for operating in a careless manner, according to the Sheriff's Department, but Fischer did not know if they had been cited as of Monday.

The men agreed to push the ATV home and retrieve the refrigerator in the morning.